Ebony Magazine

If you’re under the age of 50 with a college education then you need not pick up Ebony magazine. The journalism is 8^th grade material at best and most, if not all the stories have been picked up the general market already and more then likely, written with a greater degree of detail, poise and integrity.
Ebony is like TV Guide. Everyone had it in their home growing up but no one really looked at it. It was out of obligation that we allowed the magazine into our home. With black culture being absorbed into mainstream media more and more, Ebony finds itself behind the times and struggling to keep up.
Essence is a much more enjoyable and credible read. A redesign was long overdue and now we’ll have to wait another 100 years for Ebony to realize the kind of publication it should be (think black Vanity Fair).
If you’re loyal and don’t want to see an «institution» go out of business then continue to buy this magazine but if you’re like the rest of us during these «unprecedented economic times» and need to conserve dollars, the first Republican type cut to the budget should be Ebony magazine.

A good magazine for the over 40 set. It’s certainly for African-​Americans and those interested in African-​American issues. It probably offers more social commentary than other popular options. If I were to suggest changes, it’d be to shake up the cover models every now and then plus consider more solution-​focused articles. We can do research on the problems and discuss what caused it, but where does that get anyone?